schoolEdit School Details

School staff with administrative privileges can update their school's contact information and manage access settings.

Accessing School Settings

  1. Open the side menu.

  2. Tap Edit School Details (only visible to authorized staff).

Editable Information

Contact Information

This information is displayed to parents within the app, allowing them to easily contact the school.

  • Phone Number: The main contact number for the school.

  • Office Email: The general email address for enquiries.

  • Phone Instructions: Optional text to guide parents (e.g., "Press 1 for Absences").

Absence Reporting

You can configure a dedicated email address for absence reports.

  • Use Separate Absence Email: Toggle this on if you want absence reports to go to a different address than the Office Email.

  • Absence Email: Enter the specific email address for attendance/absences.

School Access Level

Control who can join your school and who can create content.

  • Public Community: Open to everyone (no invite code). Both Parents and Staff can create events.

  • Public Official (Premium): Open to everyone. Only Staff can create events.

  • Private Community (Premium): Requires an Invitation Code to join. Both Parents and Staff can create events.

  • Private Official (Premium): Requires an Invitation Code to join. Only Staff can create events.

Additional Permissions

For Community access levels, you can further refine permissions.

  • Parents can add notices: Toggle this to allow parents to post notices to the school feed. If disabled, only staff can post notices.

Invitation Code

If your school is set to a Private access level, an Invitation Code is required for new users to join.

  • View Code: The current code is displayed at the bottom of the screen. Share this with your school community.

  • Generate New Code: You can generate a new code if needed. Warning: This will invalidate the previous code, so anyone trying to use the old code will not be able to join.

Saving Changes

Tap the Save button in the top right corner or the Save Changes button at the bottom of the screen to apply your updates.

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